1889
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Dominant colour
The Laundress is a 1889 oil by Auguste Renoir, a Impressionism work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
The painting depicts a woman standing in a room, wearing a white top and a long blue skirt. Her dark hair is pulled back, and she has her hands on her hips. The woman is positioned in front of a door, with a basket of laundry to her right. The room's walls are painted in various shades of green and blue. The woman's attire and the laundry basket suggest that she is a laundress, engaged in her daily work. The artist has used a range of colors to create a sense of depth and texture in the painting. The artist who created this painting is Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born on 25 February 1841 in Limoges, the son of a tailor and a seamstress.
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